At first, the baby looked as "if it were still alive".

Conservative lobby group blames "family malformation" - including parental breakups - as major culprit.

COMMENT: There's been far too much hysterical hanky wringing over the so-called problems of homelessness and poverty lately.

A drunken brawl that left Melissa Ansin's partner George Siaosi trapped in his own body highlights the battle to create a safe city at night.

Lizzie Marvelly is the musician who has finally found her voice. She talks to Kim Knight about being young, female and opinionated.

A man who spent 18 years in state care says he is "terrified" by the Budget changes to Child, Youth and Family.

Child poverty advocates say the Budget provides no relief for families struggling to cope with high rents and low incomes.

More than 260 people have signed up so far to sleep in their cars on the night of June 16 to show solidarity with homeless families.

"I'm so frustrated," Tony Lepage said. "Our Government is spending $26 million on the flag - $26 million would be swallowed up for the homeless in a week".

Where does time go? And why are some people so hopeless at keeping it? Kim Knight despairs.

COMMENT: It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why the Government isn't making election promises to those in need.

COMMENT: We have launched the very first Bullying Free NZ week and a much awaited resource for our schools and, more importantly, our children.

Nia Glassie and Moko Rangitoheriri were both beaten to death at the age of 3.

COMMENT: The problem of families with children forced to live in third-world conditions is eminently resolvable, writes Bryan Gould.

COMMENT: Maoris are more in need of learning parenting skills than are non-Maoris and that applies to a lot of Pacific Island parents too.

COMMENT: Men are too scared to work with kids. It's too dicey an area for them. As a result children miss out on good, solid male role models.

Julia Roberts ascended the famed red-carpet steps to the Cannes Film Festival barefoot.

We are now being routinely alerted to words that might elicit traumatic memories. but, asks, Kim Knight, is this just a cotton-wool response to real life?

A social worker working with Auckland's homeless population says the vacant former Civic Administration Building should be used to house the homeless.

Kiwi workers are putting in an average of about $3000 worth of unpaid overtime for their employers every year, a new survey suggests.

The growing number of elderly Chinese migrants entering NZ to reunite with family and being left alone is a major concern, an immigration expert says.

A Sydney radio show is setting the bra high for Mother's Day with a mother-daughter boob job up for grabs.

Chances are that we all multitask. It has become easier than ever with the advent of new technologies that let us juggle screens - and even multiple things on each of those screens.

Six out of every seven New Zealanders aged 16 to 24 with driver's licences are breaching their licence conditions, an official study has found.

COMMENT: The highly adverse effects from our present immigration policies are now glaringly apparent. Our resources, unlike America's, are finite, writes John Gascoigne

COMMENT: Research by the Auckland City Mission shows the number of homeless in the Auckland CBD doubled between 2013 and 2014.

COMMENT: Marijuana will probably be legalised in New Zealand at some point. It's the way the western world is going, writes Matt Heath.